# vascular
## English
### Etymology

From New Latin vasculāris, from Latin vasculum, diminutive of vas (“vessel”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA: /ˈvæskjələ/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈvæskjəlɚ/
** Audio (Texas):(file)

### Adjective

vascular (not comparable)
* (anatomy) Relating to the flow of fluids, such as blood, lymph, or sap, through the body of an animal or plant, or to the vessels that carry such fluids
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#### Synonyms

* angio-

#### Antonyms

* avascular

#### Derived terms

* antivascular
* biliovascular
* bivascular
* bronchovascular
* cardiovascular
* cerebrovascular
* circumvascular
* craniovascular
* dermovascular
* dysvascular
* endovascular
* extravascular
* fibrovascular
* gastrovascular
* gliovascular
* haemovascular
* hemovascular
* hydrovascular
* hypervascular
* hypovascular
* immunovascular
* intervascular
* intravascular
* isovascular
* juxtavascular
* lymphovascular
* macrovascular
* meningovascular
* microvascular
* monovascular
* multivascular
* myovascular
* neovascular
* nephrovascular
* neurovascular
* nonvascular
* non-vascular plant
* normovascular
* oligovascular
* paravascular
* perivascular
* polyvascular
* postvascular
* prevascular
* protovascular
* provascular
* pseudovascular
* renovascular
* retinovascular
* stromavascular
* stromovascular
* subvascular
* thrombovascular
* transvascular
* trigeminovascular
* univascular
* unvascular
* uveovascular
* vascular bundle
* vascular dementia
* vascular endothelial growth factor
* vascularisation
* vascularity
* vascularization
* vascularize
* vascularly
* vascular plant
* vascular stroma
* vascular tissue
* water vascular system

#### Translations
### See also

* Blood vessel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “vascular”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin vāsculāris.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [bəs.kuˈlar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [vəs.kuˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [vas.kuˈlaɾ]
* Homophone: bascular
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Adjective

vascular m or f (masculine and feminine plural vasculars)
* vascular

#### Derived terms

* cardiovascular

### Further reading

* “vascular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “vascular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “vascular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “vascular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From New Latin vasculāris.

### Adjective

vascular m or f (plural vasculares)
* vascular

#### Derived terms

* cardiovascular

### Further reading

* “vascular”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Interlingua
### Adjective

vascular (not comparable)
* vascular

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin vāsculāris.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /vas.kuˈlaʁ/ [vas.kuˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /vas.kuˈlaʁ/ [vas.kuˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /vas.kuˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /vaʃ.kuˈlaʁ/ [vaʃ.kuˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /vas.kuˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɐʃ.kuˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɐʃ.kuˈlaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bɐʃ.kuˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /vɐʃ.kuˈla.ɾi/

### Adjective

vascular m or f (plural vasculares)
* (anatomy) vascular (of, pertaining to or containing blood vessels)

#### Derived terms

* cardiovascular

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French vasculaire.

### Adjective

vascular m or n (feminine singular vasculară, masculine plural vasculari, feminine and neuter plural vasculare)
* vascular

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin vasculāris.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baskuˈlaɾ/ [bas.kuˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: vas‧cu‧lar
* Homophone: bascular

### Adjective

vascular m or f (masculine and feminine plural vasculares)
* vascular

#### Derived terms

* cardiovascular

### Further reading

* “vascular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10